New Tennessee Titans president wants 'tough, hard-nosed' team

11:53 PM,
Nov. 10, 2013

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Tommy Smith, new president and CEO of the Titans, sees the team as a work in progress and remains optimistic about the season, but he wants the franchise to develop a tougher identity.

"I want a tough, hard-nosed football team, and that's what we're going to get to," Smith said after watching the Titans lose to the Jaguars 29-27 on Sunday at LP Field. "We've got a lot of work to do yet. ? We want to build something that wins now and in the future. We want an identity that I think we've sort of been lacking."

As for the future of coach Mike Munchak, whose contract runs through 2014, Smith said all key ...